Image: William Martin Cafe VC

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Description: Portrait of General William Martin Cafe VC, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny. Captain Cafe served with the 56th Bengal Native Infantry, Indian Army during the Indian Mutiny. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, aged 32, for the following action: "On 15 April 1858 during the attack on Fort Ruhya, India, Captain Cafe, with other volunteers ( Edward Spence and Alexander Thompson) carried away the body of a lieutenant from the top of the glacis in a most exposed position under a very heavy fire. He then went to the rescue of one of the privates who had been severely wounded."
Title: William Martin Cafe VC
Credit: This photograph Q 80487 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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